ActiveAtlas Opportunity Score 73/100
CDC-RFA-JG-26-0178
CDC GHC Ghana Diagnostic Networks for HIV, TB and Priority Health Threats — CDC-RFA-JG-26-0178
Funding$500,000 expected total Year 1 funding for 1 award; exact award amount determined at award. Requests above $500,000 in Year 1 are nonresponsive.
DeadlineOctober 16, 2026 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time.
Last verifiedOctober 6, 2026
Required next actionRoute to qualified Ghana laboratory and diagnostic-network implementers for partner-led review. Confirm local-organization preference eligibility and project-specific allowability of any technology or equipment before applicant action.
Broad Eligibility
Eligibility is unrestricted by entity type, but the project must be conducted in Ghana. A qualifying local organization may receive a 30-point funding preference. Applicants must satisfy the NOFO responsiveness and implementation-capacity requirements.
Atlas Analysis
Atlas Opportunity Score 73/100. This cooperative agreement focuses on strengthening Ghana Health Service laboratory services, diagnostic networks, and systems for HIV, TB, and other priority health threats. Applicants should align proposed activities and any equipment costs directly with the published program scope and allowability rules.
CDC’s Global Health Center is accepting applications for Strengthening Ghana Health Service Laboratory Services, Diagnostic Networks, and Systems for a More Effective, Efficient, and Sustainable Response to HIV, TB, and Other Priority Health Threats, CDC-RFA-JG-26-0178. Applications are due October 16, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time. CDC anticipates $500,000 in total Year 1 funding for one award, with no required cost share.
The project must be conducted in Ghana. The NOFO supports laboratory networks, point of care testing, diagnostic technologies, laboratory information systems, specimen transport, testing quality improvement, data integration, and public health laboratory capacity. Applications requesting more than $500,000 in Year 1, proposing research, exceeding the 20-page project narrative limit, or otherwise failing the stated responsiveness controls will not be considered. Qualifying local organizations can receive a 30-point funding preference.
Atlas retains an N9+ Fit Score of 46/100 and an Atlas Opportunity Score of 73/100. Diagnostics are central to the program, but the funded diagnostic pathway is laboratory and point of care testing rather than remote physical examination. CDC also states that furniture and equipment generally may not be purchased unless clearly identified and justified. Any technology role should therefore be led by a qualified Ghana laboratory or diagnostic-network implementer with documented in-country capacity and experience meeting CDC requirements.
Source verificationOfficial government source · simpler.grants.govAtlas last verified this record October 6, 2026. Always use the funder's current application materials, amendments and portal instructions as the controlling source.View source and application materials ↗
